Hairston, Elizabeth Perkins Hairston, 1836-1922

Elizabeth Perkins "Bettie" Hairston Hairston; born Feb. 29, 1836, died Apr. 24, 1922; buried in Henry County, Va.; parents: Marshall Hairston, Ann Hairston Hairston; spouse: James Thomas Watt Hairston

Elizabeth "Bettie" Perkins Hairston (1836-1922), child of Marshall Hairston and Ann Hairston Hairston. In 1873 Bettie Perkins Hairston married her cousin J.T.W. Hairston (1835-1908). They had two children, Marshall, who died in infancy, and Watt H. Hairston (1876-1916), who never married. After the death of her husband, Bettie Perkins Hairston returned to Beaver Creek Plantation in Henry County, Va.